Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) Influential Trinamool Congress leader Iftikhar Ahmed, alias Pappu, has been arrested by the West Bengal’s East Burdwan district police in connection with multiple criminal cases, including alleged extortion at gunpoint and issuing death threats, police said on Thursday.Police said Ahmed was arrested on Wednesday in the Viringi area of Durgapur in neighbouring West Burdwan district. He is the husband of former Burdwan Municipality councillor Shefali Begum, who resigne…
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Kolkata, June 28 (IANS) Two Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders have been arrested in West Bengal’s East Burdwan district on charges of extortion, corruption, and criminal intimidation, police said on Sunday. Both had been absconding and will be produced before a court.The arrested leaders have been identified as Sumit Sharma and Syed Kalimuddin alias Bappa. Sumit is a councillor of Ward No. 1 of Burdwan Municipality. He is known to be close to former Trinamool MLA Khokan Das, who was arrested earl…
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) Two women were killed and 30 others injured when a passenger bus overturned and fell into a ditch in the Arambagh area of West Bengal’s Hooghly district on Tuesday, officials said.Many of the injured, some of whose condition was termed critical, are still undergoing treatment at a local hospital.Locals expressed anger at the administration over the delayed arrival of an ambulance at the accident spot. When the situation became tense, the police arrived at the scene and br…
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) The President of a Trinamool Congress-run Zilla Parishad and one Chairman of a municipality run by the previous ruling party in West Bengal resigned from their respective chairs on Friday.On Friday afternoon, first Uttam Barik, the President of the Trinamool Congress run Zilla Parishad in East Midnapore district, which is the native district of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, tendered his resignation from that chair and submitted his resignation letter to the divisional c…
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) Khudiram Tudu, the Minister in charge of Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education in the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled West Bengal government, on Saturday once again cautioned about the state administration’s crackdown on madrasahs allegedly operating illegally in the state.”We will close down all illegal madrasahs in the state. Those involved in these activities will be punished. In future too, the state administration will remain cautious to ensure that illegal…
Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) The polling percentage in the first six hours till 1 p.m. on Wednesday in the second phase of West Bengal Assembly elections for 142 constituencies has been recorded at 61.11. This is slightly lower than the 62.18 per cent recorded in the first six hours of April 23 voting in the first phase in 152 Assembly constituencies.In district-wise voting, till 1 p.m., East Burdwan district recorded the highest polling percentage at 66.80, followed by Hooghly district at 64.57, Na…
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) Following reports of voter intimidation in Kakdwip, located in the Diamond Harbour area of South 24 Parganas district, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, Manoj Agarwal, is scheduled to visit the region on Sunday to take stock of the situation.As soon as the matter came to light, the election officer in charge in Kakdwip and the police there have been instructed to make arrangements so that voters can cast their votes fearlessly and no one faces any threat….
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Friday, announced the suspension of a joint block development officer (BDO), also the assistant returning officer (ARO), in East Burdwan district of West Bengal on charges of gross dereliction of duty. The officer concerned is Jyotsna Khatun, the joint BDO-cum-ARO of the Khandaghosh Development Block in East Burdwan district.In a communique sent by the ECI’s Secretary Sujeet Kumar Mishra to the West Bengal Chief Secretary Dushyan…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) A man has been arrested on charges of strangling his lone specially-abled son to death and burying him in West Bengal’s Burdwan, police said on Saturday.The incident took place in Memari of East Burdwan district.The aaccused, identified as Sonalal Mandi, was arrested on Friday night.Mandi lives in Mandalgram under Memari police station area. The tragic incident has created a panic in the area.According to the police, his son Surya Mandi was blind since birth and could not…
Kolkata, Feb 15 (IANS) A compartment of a standing train caught fire at Katwa station in East Burdwan district on Sunday morning, but the blaze was soon doused, and there were no casualties, police said. The Katwa-Azimganj train was standing on platform number two of the station when suddenly, a fire was seen in one of its compartments. However, the fire brigade quickly arrived and extinguished the blaze.The train stopped at platform number two of Katwa station last night and was scheduled to le…